Development Director

About the role

The Development Director will generate revenue for the Heart Challenge fundraising campaign in the Baltimore, MD market. This campaign includes the signature Heart Walk event. You will be part of a three-person team leading all aspects of this campaign. While this position is home-office based, daily local travel within the Baltimore metro community is expected. We have a fast-paced sales type of environment with the main responsibility of driving revenue in support of our mission.

Responsibilities

• Held accountable to an overall daring fundraising goal
• Carries out high quality events in accordance with Association standards and in collaboration with the team
• Generate revenue by prospecting and securing local corporate sponsorship and individual donations
• Achieve revenue goals by building and maintaining relationships with corporate partners and donors
• Build and maintain a pipeline of prospective corporate sponsors and donors by conducting research that matches to the campaign goals and the Association's mission
• Develop and present proposals and accompanying materials to secure revenue and volunteer engagement
• Recruit and be responsible for executive volunteer leadership, volunteer committees, and day-of-the-event volunteers
• Recruit corporate team participation in Heart Walk and empower team members to fundraise
• Lead and engage new individual membership for our Cor Vitae giving society, in partnership with other appropriate fundraising staff. Includes planning and implementing regular engagement events for members
• Plan and implement events in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Work with a Communications Director to support and promote campaign communication plans

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, or equivalent type experience
• Ability to do daily local travel up to 75%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis
• Ability to lift and/or move large objects (such as boxes) with the expectation that heavier items would be broken down into smaller components or requesting additional assistance may be required before lifting and/or moving
• Must have at least basic knowledge and skill/proficiency with Microsoft Office

Preferred qualifications

• University/College degree or equivalent experience, preferred
• Experience handling and cultivating high-level leaders at the C-Suite level
• Knowledge of corporate and community networks

Pay

The expected pay range is $64,575 to $80,000. This position is incentive eligible based upon achieving certain targets.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution
• Employee assistance program, employee wellness program, telemedicine, and medical consultation
• Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees, increasing based on seniority level
• 12 paid holidays off each year, including several days off at the end of the year
• Tuition Assistance for furthering education and career development
• Professional mentoring program and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
• Access to Heart U, the Association's national online university with more than 100,000 resources